<div dir="ltr"><div>Looks like an ambitious and useful plan. Good work!<br></div>Allan Grose<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 12:00 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fvc-wat-disc-request@listserv.thinkers.org" target="_blank">fvc-wat-disc-request@listserv.thinkers.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Send fvc-wat-disc mailing list submissions to<br>
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1. A New Power Point PR Presentation Is In Development<br>
(Sharon Sommerville)<br>
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Subject: [fvc-wat-disc] A New Power Point PR Presentation Is In<br>
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Hello FairVoting Friends,<br>
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We are developing a new PR presentation. If you would like to be involved<br>
in anyway: writing text, proof reading, contributing ideas, please take a<br>
look at the draft outline which is below.<br>
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Bob put a number of current presentations at one site for us to take a look<br>
at as we work through the building process. Here is the link to those<br>
resources:<br>
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<a href="http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/resources/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/resources/</a><br>
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The very first thing we will need to do is establish at framework for our<br>
work:<br>
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Objective<br>
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Target Audience<br>
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Length<br>
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Some thoughts on our objective: The broad goal is education. To give people<br>
clear & understandable information so they can be better informed about<br>
electoral systems in general and specifically proportional representation.<br>
To produce an engaging<br>
& professional presentation which gives an interested person an overview of<br>
the principles & strengths of PR, explains the 3 primary PR systems<br>
relative to the Cdn context for a basic understanding of PR, answers a<br>
number of frequently asked questions including addressing misinformation<br>
about proportional systems in under 15 minutes.<br>
To generate discussion<br>
and be part of the national conversation Cdns. will have in the next year.<br>
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Possible topics for inclusion:<br>
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What is FairVote Canada? - 1 screen<br>
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What Is Does the Liberal Commitment to Electoral Reform Mean? - the<br>
promise, the process, the time frame - 1 screen<br>
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Why Is Electoral Reform Needed? - AKA What is Wrong With FPTP?- 1 screen<br>
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What is Proportional Representation? - 1 screen<br>
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Overview of the three families of proportional systems - 1 screen<br>
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Mixed Member Proportional - 2 screens<br>
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Single Transferable Vote - 2 screens<br>
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Party Lists - 1 screen<br>
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The Strengths of PR - 2 screens<br>
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Which Countries Use a PR system? - 1 screen<br>
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FAQ - coalition vs minority governments<br>
stability<br>
single issue and extreme parties<br>
expense<br>
too large a parliament<br>
too large ridings<br>
<br>
What is Alternative Vote? AKA Preferential Ballot, Instant Runoff Voting -<br>
1 screen<br>
<br>
AV & PR can be friends - 1 screen<br>
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Conclusion, Nest Steps & Thanks -1 screen<br>
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We will also need presenters notes which will be the core of the<br>
information & discussion, handouts which might have additional<br>
resources ie the link to the Grey & Pillion videos and links to the studies<br>
and evidence which supports PR. My concern is that to include the studies<br>
and evidence as anything more than a reference is time consuming and a<br>
difficult communication/design task. And, we will need some mechanism for<br>
feedback.<br>
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Looking forward to hearing your comments, views, additions, deletions and<br>
anything else! :)<br>
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Kind regards,<br>
Sharon<br>
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